One player has completely dedicated himself to role-playing and interacting with other players in Fallout 76. However, from his role as a doctor soon became a whole corporation with proper planning.
What kind of players are these? These characters are players who have chosen a specific role in Fallout 76 that they embody – similar to how a player did with the most annoying character from Fallout 4.
They then practice more or less proper professions in Appalachia, such as a whole police station or in this case a doctor with staff. The original creator is the player Brent “CJ Martin” Fairchild.
CJ Martin, as his character is called in Fallout 76, offers his “patients” several services, even distributes quests, and has his own employees who work for him and whom he pays. Just like a real NPC, although the latter come with Wastelanders.
What does a doctor do in the nuclear wasteland?
This is what CJ Martin offers: The list of services that players can receive from CJ Martin is clear but significant. Players can for example:
- Purchase stimpaks and chems from him and his vending machines
- Get targeted mutations induced by him through radiation weapons
- Have their injuries, radiation exposure and diseases healed
- Get informed about the latest changes (patch notes) and how they affect their abilities
- Collect information about the ideal perks and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. values for their builds (especially for new players)
CJ Martin is always in his lab coat or other medical clothing in his camp helping. He often sets up his camp right next to impact sites of nuclear warheads to support players battling the Queen of the Burnt Beasts there.
This is how he runs his business: The “Doc” claims to sell over 20,000 units of stimpaks, chems, and other goods per week (via Polygon). He can only manage this by hiring other players.
They then provide him with tick blood for stimpaks or other items, unless players donate them to him. Donations and investments from other players also occur.
To provide for his employees, CJ Martin has hired a cook who takes care of food and drink. His employees are even paid for their work. They receive wages, holiday pay, and various bonuses for their work.
All of this is almost like a real company that he has built within the game. It is managed via Google Docs and various apps.
The “Doc” even gives out quests and is a “Companion”
What tasks can one complete for him? Those who do not work for the Doc can still complete tasks for him. He likes to give players quests, which are mostly escort quests. He also offers himself as a companion for adventures.
For the quests, he deliberately overloads himself so that he is slower, and players are to bring him back to his camp while protecting him along the way. He cannot fight himself, but supplies his bodyguards with chems and food.
The player knows Appalachia well, as he grew up there. Accordingly, he likes to take detours on the way home or wander through areas with particularly tough enemies. The harder and longer the route, the higher the reward at the end.
The community and their “Doc”
This is how the role is received: Players are enthusiastic about the Doc. Many players know him, and according to Polygon, his server and camp fill up as soon as he logs in. He even enjoys protection from all factions that players embody.
The various raider factions (also players) that terrorize Appalachia sometimes fail in the process see the Doc as a kind of neutral party. He provides them with drugs at a low cost – so they make sure nothing happens to him.
There was even once a bounty placed on the Doc. However, the person who wanted to place it was deliberately ignored by all bounty hunters. No one wanted to take the job, despite the immense reward.
This is how players and the Doc relate to each other: CJ Martin himself says that in Fallout 76, it is primarily about community and cooperation. That is why he offers his help without even asking for payment.
This solidarity also comes back. As he recounts, once his game CD broke. By the next morning, his Facebook and PS4 messages were filled with PSN gift cards so that he could continue playing.
